19. "No man. The problem is she just wasn't that good. " In response to In response to 9
I hear that authenticity thing you are saying but inorder to do that you have to be good.
Eminem couldn't have transitioned from aping his favorite rappers to developing his own style without being talented AF.
This chick doesn't have Fergie talent. This chick isn't even as talented as Princess Superstar who never blew but at least she had some talent, her own style and voice.
You listen to her demos in the article and it's just evident that she had no talent whatsoever but was just being propped up by Black Dudes who either were trying to fcuk or thought they could make some money off her.
Watch that "Freestyle" she was doing on Sway. You can watch her in real time using her feminine skills on Sway which made him totally not call her out for wack written rhymes (Where was Heather B?).
She just happened to be a pretty (enough) white girl who wanted very badly to be in hip-hop.
Full stop.
>read this last week, great read > >while reading this it occurred to me that one of her biggest >fuck ups was erasing her own personal history - hip hop/rap is >big on authenticity and keeping it real > >had she led with being from Australia while also giving props >Biggie, Pac and all the other people who influenced her while >also understanding that she will always be an outsider I think >things could have been different. Rap has been global for a >good second now and when I think of the different things she >could have modeled herself after I think trying to be some >form of hardcore southern styled rapper was a misstep. > >There is no shame in being a white person who is a rapper, >things get tricky when you try to be down without cred. > >I kept thinking about Die Antwoord and even UK Grime and how >they have managed to make an impact by keeping it real to who >they are and where they come from. They don't want to be >American rappers, they want to be who they are. > >Hell, even Drake represents Canada and will do so till the >very end. > >Iggy? She is a woman without a country and it shows.
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